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Same line, from memory word for word, on CNN. Tapper was dumbfounded. "But the president tweeted that he was! Shouldn't we believe what the president says?"

Tapper, Chuckie, et al are being as artful as they can to twist things around. From Trump being investigated based on anonymous sources that have been proven to be a lie over and over, even from comey himself, to insinuating Trump is at fault for a leftwing nut shooting republicans. You just have to shake your head.

-- Tapper, Chuckie, et al are being as artful as they can to twist things around. --

I got to thinking. What better way to knock the WaPo story down? A direct denial right out of the gate? Or give the rest of the press time and a reason to advance the WaPo story?

Look at all the energy spent (on both sides, unfortunately) on "Mueller has a conflict" (but only if he is investigating obstruction), and "What if Trump fires Rosenstein and Mueller?" (when ALL the evidence points to Trump wanting a GOOD investigation to proceed and conclude QUICKLY).

Funny stuff indeed. The press is literally broadcasting a make-believe land, and either they think it is reality, or they are the biggest liars on the planet. I pick mendacious.

WaPo doubles down ... Trump lawyer: The president is not under investigation for obstruction

A member of President Trump's legal team said Sunday that Trump is not under investigation by the special counsel, an assessment at odds with a Washington Post report last week and seemingly with a tweet by Trump himself on Friday.

Sekulow's exchange with Wallace of FoxNews is a big part of the story.

In a combative and testy exchange on "Fox News Sunday," Sekulow acknowledged he could not know for sure that Mueller has not opened an investigation, but said he had no reason to believe he had. ...
When Wallace pointed out that Sekulow had appeared to agree in his answer that the president is under investigation, the lawyer grew flustered. He said he had only been discussing the constitutional problem posed if the president were being investigated.
"I don't appreciate you putting words in my mouth when I've been crystal clear that the president is not and has not been under investigation," he said.
"But you don't know that he's not under investigation, right?" Wallace responded.
"You're right, Chris. I cannot read the mind of the special prosecutor," Sekulow responded. "We're agreed, then," Wallace said.